Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan has stood firm over expressing his disappointment that no Pakistan cricketers were picked for the 2010 Indian Premier League.
Khan owns IPL cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders and his comments angered Hindu hardline party Shiv Sena.
The party subsequently tried to disrupt showings of the actor's new film My Name is Khan in Mumbai (Bombay).
"I have no idea what I am supposed to apologise for," said Khan. His film is due for global release on 12 February.
"If I am in wrong I would like to apologise but someone needs to explain to me what is wrong," he told reporters in London.
"So many people's futures rely on (My Name is Khan). I just request everybody to leave the film alone and deal with what I have said as an individual."
Effigies of Khan have been burned in India and he has apologised to those associated with the making of My Name is Khan.
"I won't comment on this on a larger scale because it's not nice for a Hindi film hero who is thought of as a hero to say this, but it scares me to say anything now because the stakes are very high," he added.
"I am sorry to director Karan Johar and actress Kajol. I'm also immensely sorry to all the other business partners that - because of what I say and believe in - the film and their work is going to be affected. I have no idea how to change that."
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